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Isaiah 42:6

King James Version (KJV)

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Isaiah 42:6

Verse 6 of 25

Scripture focus

I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

Isaiah 42:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 42:6

Theological / Devotional

In righteousness. The plan of salvation is a means not only of rescuing men from sin but also of vindicating the righteous character of God before the entire universe. See on John 17:4, 6.

Hold thine hand. For the way in which Christ was guided day by day in the fulfillment of the plan for His mission to earth, see on Mark 3:13; Luke 2:49; see DA 208, 417. We are to follow in His steps.

A covenant. Christ was to be not only the mediator of the covenant but the covenant itself. He was its center and substance. He was not only to bring peace but to be “our peace,” that we, who were once “strangers from the covenants of promise,” might be “made nigh” to God by His precious blood (Eph. 2:12-14; Micah 5:5).

A light. See pp. 28, 29. Without Christ, men grope and stumble about in darkness.

But in Christ the most unfortunate and benighted have the privilege of finding the light of life (see Isa. 49:6; Luke 2:32; John 1:4-9; Acts 13:47).

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